Famous quotes containing the words victor hugo, victor, hugo and/or paris:
“It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it.”
—Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)